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Posted on April 19, 2018 · House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, endorsed Steve Allison on Thursday to replace Straus in House District 121. Straus is not seeking re-election after representing the district since 2005

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Posted on April 13, 2018 · Straus writes that he is aware the companies choose their projected site locations, but he also says it is the responsibility of the governor's office to promote every part of the state equally

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Posted on January 31, 2018 · Texas House Speaker Joe Straus said that the House Appropriations Committee or the General Investigating and Ethics Committee should look into the Health and Human Services Commission’s practices for contract oversight

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Posted on January 29, 2018 · The State Republican Executive Committee voted to censure Texas House Speaker Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, on Saturday, dinging the outgoing state leader for standing in the way of the party leadership group's priorities.

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Posted on November 9, 2017 · Angry outbursts. Abrupt resignations. A Texas House speaker fleeing his own chamber. While Joe Straus is voluntarily stepping down as speaker, the day many view as pivotal to putting him in that position of power was far less orderly

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Posted on November 1, 2017 · If House Speaker Joe Straus decides he wants to run for statewide office, he's got a lot of work to do. Half of the state's voters don't have an opinion about the job he's been doing

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Posted on October 31, 2017 · House Speaker Joe Straus has said he will resign at the end of his term, prompting a scramble for control of the lower chamber. Here's who is running to replace Straus as speaker and those who have expressed interest in running

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Posted on October 30, 2017 · It's not hard to find predictions of what's going to happen in the race for Texas speaker now that Joe Straus is not running for another term. But nobody knows what's next — and they won't for at least a year.